Word: pbs
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...PBS too is contributing some weighty fare this summer, most notably American Masters, a 15-part series of profiles of some of the country's major creative artists. In the typical manner of PBS umbrella programming, the * individual shows have little in common. Two-thirds were made expressly for the series, presented by New York City's WNET; the rest were purchased from other sources (two of these American portraits were, in fact, made in Britain). They vary widely in style as well as quality. But together they provide a stimulating, season-long meditation on the elusive nature of creativity...
...which had become a sprawling dump for more than 30 years' worth of defective or leftover bombs. The winner of the $3.2 million contract was a small new firm based in Washington named UXB International. (UXB, which stands for "unexploded bomb," was in the title of a BBC and PBS television series.) The company was set up by a former Navy lieutenant, Phillip Hough, who served two tours in Viet Nam as an explosive-ordnance specialist...
...which in turn became a beguiling two-record album. Cast albums, even of such failures as 1981's Merrily We Roll Along, are prized by collectors. Last September the belated complete recording of his 1971 spectacular Follies turned into a pair of sold-out Lincoln Center concerts and a PBS television special. Sunday in the Park will reach PBS next week. Sweeney Todd (1979) has received the ultimate musical-theater accolade: being scheduled by the New York City Opera. Many of Sondheim's shows failed to recoup their investment the first time around. But unlike most songs in the genre...
...programs in stereo, including The Cosby Show, Amazing Stories and The Tonight Show. ABC and CBS have been notably cooler to the new technology. But two ABC series, The Insiders and Fortune Dane, were presented in stereo this season, as was the Grammy Awards on CBS in February. Several PBS series and much cable programming (including MTV) are also offered in stereo...
Originally a novel by John J. Osbourn '67, The Paper Chase was made into a successful film and then into an unsuccessful and short-lived CBS television series. After several years of reruns on PBS, it was picked up by the cable network Showtime...